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I. A. KOTTLER.

MAT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-18.1917.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

JOHN e. nomme, or MILWAUKEE. WIsGONSIlt MAT.

reeication of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

Application ned ctober 18` 1917, Serial No. 197.266.

To all whom it may concern Be itlrnown that I J ener A. Komen, a citizen of the United States, and resident .of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and `State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mats, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in mats, more especially adapted for use in connection with the running-board ot' a vehicle, such, for instance, as an automobile.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a construction wherein the holding member of the clip which secures the mat removably to the running-board can be readily adjusted and detachably secured to a completed mat, without the necessity of permanently embedding into (to any extent), or interweaving with, the mat, -vof the hold.-l ing member of the clip.

A further object contemplated is the provision of means whereby the holding inember of the clip is capable of bein pivotally turned, so as to be caused to lie at against the under surface of the mat.

With the above, and other incidental, objects in view, the invent-ion consists of the devices and parts or the equivalents thereof as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing:

' Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of the mat embodying my improvements, showing the holding clips turned within their pivotal connect-ions so as to lie flat against the under surface of the mat;

2 is a transverse section of the mat on the plane indicated by the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and showing the holding clips turned to the positions they occupy when in use; and

Fig. Bis a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2. s

In carrying out my invention, I provide the mat 4.- with one or more, and preferably two, securing clips. Each clip consists of a single upper straight member 5 having its end bent at an angle as indicated at 6, to form a short angular extension, and a lower single under member 7, spaced a desired distance from the upper member, said under member being curved around from the upper member in an opposite direction than is the short angular extension bent, and

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thence upwardly, with its terminal portion curved and bent downwardly as clearly shownuin the drawing.

The upper member 5 of each clip is forced through one ,or more of the longitudinal strands of the mat, as shown at 8, on the under side of said mat, and the bent end 6 of said upper member is forced up into the mat, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the bent end thereby acting as a stop to prevent the clip from accidentally working out from engagement with the mat.

As a further means for holding the upper arm of the clip, I employ loops 9, preferably formed of small wire, each loop comprising a plurality of strands of wire having their ends twisted together and the said twisted ends secured in the mat, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2.

It is one of the objects of the invention to have the upper member 5 fit within the loops 9 with at least sufficient looseness to permit the holding clip to be turned on the axis off the upper member to the position shown in Fig. l, when the clips are not in use, and to be turned to the opposite position, shown in Fig. 2, when it is desired to use the clips, or in other words, to attach the mat to the run ning-board.

In the adjustment of each clip to the mat, the up er member of said clip is `forced throng the longitudinal strand on the under side of the mat, as indicated at 8, the bent end 6 at this time being held so that it will'be on a plane with the surface of the When the clip has been forced inwardly a sufficient distance, the said clip is then turned so that the bent end 6 will be forced up into the material of the mat, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The next step is to secure the loops 9 around the upper member 5 of the clip. When it is desired to adjust the mat to the upper'sur'faceof the running-board ,of a vehicle, as, for instance, the running-board of an automobile, all that is necessary 4to be done is to force the lower members 7 of the clips beneath the running-board, the mat and the upper members of the clips of course resting upon the upper surface of the running-board. In this manner, the mat is releasably secured to the running-board.

When it is not desired to use the mat, it can be readily withdrawn from engagement with said running-board.

From the foregoing description of my invention, it will be seen that I providey a construction wherein the upper member of the clip can be most readily and expeditiously connected to a mat, and as readilyl withdrawn therefrom, when necessary, with the result that if a clip should become broken, another clip can be substituted with but little trouble. Y Y' It will be further seen that I provide a construction wherein the clips can be turned iiat against the under surface ofthe mat. This is very convenient, inasmuch. as the clips can be Vplaced flatwise against each other, and thereby much space is saved. Furthermore, by turning the clips flat against the surface of the mat, there is much less danger ofbreaking the clips by said clips being struck by a persons foot, or by some other obj ect, when the mat is not in use. When the matis not in use it is frequently carried on the floor of the machine, and there is always danger in such cases of the foot or other object striking the clips and breaking or damaging lthe same. Y v

The clips are preferably, although not necessarily, of wire, and are also preferably, but not necessarily, resilient or springy in character. 2 i

The mat, in connection with which I employ the clips hereinbefore described, is preferably of a peculiar construction which coacts with, or, in other words, has a direct coperaticn with the clips. The mat is advisably a special creel woven. mat, woven by hand, or by hand loom, and consistsof longitudinal strands 10, and transverse strands, said transverse strands, ontheunder side of the mat, being formed` into downwardly projecting loops 11. A plurality of these loops are arranged close together, and constitute a transverse line composed of a plurality usually from 4to 6, loops. The next line of loops is similarly. constitu-ted, but spaced a slight distance from the adj acent lines, and so on throughout theentire under surface of the mat, with the result that there are a 'series of upwardly extending recesses between every two lines of loops. The longitudinal strands 10 pass through these loops, as most clearly shown in Figs. 1and2.

Within one of the upwardly extending revCopies of this patent may 'ne obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of,` latentis, A*

cesses between two lines .of these loops is disposed theupper member 5 of each clip.

By so disposing the member 5 of the clip,

said member becomes sunk into the mat to a certain extent, or, in other words, the loops v 11 extend downwardly a greater distancel than the surface of the arm 5,'and consequently the said arm 5 is disposed above the plane of the lower surface o-f the loop.

The advantage of this arrangement is that in sliding the mat over ,the topv surface of the running-board, when adjustingthe mat to the running-board, there are -no exposed surfaces ofthe upper Varms 5to contact with -z passing through said loops, of ya holding clip for the mat comprising a straight single upper member mounted on ,they bottom of and extending transversely of said mat and positioned between the loops of two adjacent rows of said transverse strands and in a plane above the lower edges -of said loops,

said straight member`r being supported in Y position by one of said; longitudinal strands, and one end of Said-,straight member being provided with a relatively short rightangle extension which penetrates upwardly into the body of the mat, and said straight member also having formed at its other end a downwardly and jbackward-ly extending member which is curved to clamp .the mat i to a running board of avehicle, said backc wardly. extending member being bent from said straight member directly opposite tothe direction of the short right-angle extension,

of the straight member` tof foldy the:v clip against the bottomfof 7 the mat and-at the same time retain the short extension .in kthe mat to prevent the displacement of the clip in a direction of its length in boththe open and folded positions of the clip.

In-testimony-whereof, aflix my:k signature. I i f JOHN A.y KOTTLER.

. Washington, 4I). C.

vwhereby the clip `can be turned on the axis 

